"Dick" LeadWinger wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:45:26 -0400, "Jerry"
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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As someone who lives near Ocala and has to visit a lot of these gated
communities run by HOAs, I find most of them to be jerks who are only
interested in holding onto their perceived power at any cost. The fact
that it hurts others doesn't matter to them. Another HOA in the area
told a retired couple move out, or send their 17 year old grand daughter
away after she lost both of her parents in an accident. She had a few
months till she was to graduate from high school and no other relatives
but it didn't matter to the HOA. People like that are scum, no matter
how expensive their home, or what they drive.

Its just too damn bad you can't tar and feather them and then run
them out of town, like the good old days! ;-)

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

I am actually quite peaceable and believe in living and letting live in
most
cases. Who I allow in my home is up to me and whom I refuse entry is not
the purvey of HOA Nazis. And, again, it is why I chose an older home
(1956) with plenty of room, almost ZERO crime, and NO
HOA's

That's why it is important to READ the CC&R's before you move into a
housing development with an HOA. If you have read them, and move in
anyway, you have no one to complain to except yourself. One good way
to temper what you refer to as HOA Nazis is to become a board member
yourself and do something about it. Having been an HOA board member,
I was disgusted with all the constant complainers at the meetings, but
not one of them was willing to lift a finger to help. Some people
apparently were just born to complain. HOA's can serve a useful
function, unless you are the type that enjoys living on a street with
dozens of junk cars that don't run, and weeds 4-feet high. People
agree to have HOA's so they can have a reasonably nice area in which
to live and raise their children. The protection of property values
is a prime consideration. No one forces someone to live in an area
with a HOA. From what I have seen, in several cities, most are not
as restrictive as those given in these examples.

Dick


Oh, I agree totally. It is why I made SURE there were no such things. To my
mind, if you do your research carefully BEFORE you buy, it ain't a problem.
I simply was not going to HAVE anyone telling me that, if my car broke down
and it sat there for awhile, but not "derelict", that I would have to move
it.

If you pick carefully, the economic factors will keep "riff raff" out of a
neighborhood; zoning and general city ordinances will take care of the rest.
In my city, if you let your grass grow over a certain height, the city will
come and cut it and charge you $100. Few people ever allow that to happen!

I simply refuse to knuckle under to ANY HOA or covenant-restricted
community, nor will I tolerate some busybody coming on MY land and telling
me what color I can paint my door, or how many antennas I can put up. I am a
quiet, non-obtrusive man, I keep my yard and house presentable, I mind my
own business; you would scarcely know I am there. But nobody is going to
regulate what happens on my property beyond reasonable safety and esthetics.
I just happen to feel VERY strongly about HOA's. If somebody tried to start
an HOA, I would REFUSE to join it (street maintenance is what I pay taxes
for!). If they start mouthing off to me about it, then they'd best go home
and, well......just be quiet. I'm having NO part of HOA's.

73

Jerry
K4KWH